I think I might possibly have decided that the olive green goes with just about every colour, ever. Sadly, I don't think it's a popular choice with that many people. I do feel, however, that using the non-satin side would mean I wasn't using the best side. Putting the matte side with a black suit could end up being a bit dowdy.
My favourite matches are with (not all at the same time, promise) aubergine, plum, teal, chocolate, silver, gold, orange(!), peach(!), lilac. Obviously the third colour would be ivory.
It has so much potential. With purple I just feel like I'd be stuck in a rut with colour matching (silver on purple and purple on purple) whereas the olive green could even look vintage.
*sigh*
Sunday 8 August 2010
Thursday 5 August 2010
Sleeved dresses
Sleeved wedding dresses are difficult to find but today I came across this one. I think the neckline and off the shoulder saves it from being too dowdy. Only £180 too.
Tuesday 3 August 2010
With flowers in her hair
I love these ivory flowers. I think they'd look lovely as hair accessories for the bridesmaids, especially with the olive green fabric.
It's sometimes quite hard to tell the sizes of things on Ebay but these show perspective. I could probably get them cheaper than £6.99 though if I search around.
It's sometimes quite hard to tell the sizes of things on Ebay but these show perspective. I could probably get them cheaper than £6.99 though if I search around.
Monday 2 August 2010
Colour Meltdown
I finally went to the big fabric shop up in Washington. It's the main place for fabric in the North East. I was able to take my mum with me which was brilliant as she'll flat out tell me if she doesn't like something. Anyway, after being dead set on purple, I found a beautiful olive green. These pictures really don't do either colour justice.
This is the shiny satin side...a possibility my bridesmaids might well loathe:
This is the reverse of the fabric. It can be used either way.
You see, with the green, I have visions of ivory flowers with dark purple/aubergine accents for the bridesmaids and olivey green with ivory and dark purple/aubergine accents for me. Whilst I am aware olive green goes beautifully with gold, I would prefer silver. I'm unsure as to what the consensus is for pairing olive green and silver. I've put the reverse side up against my silver shoes and it doesn't look bad in my opinion. Make-up would be neutral earthy tones.
The men would wear black suits with matching olive green cravats in the same fabric as the dresses with ivory waistcoats. The boutonnieres would be an ivory flower. I think my Dad would prefer the green.
For the purple, my vision is silver accessories with flowers in a range of purples and ivory, whilst I would carry the same with some green accents. Make-up, unknown.
The men would wear grey suits with matching purple cravats in the same fabric as the dresses and an ivory waistcoat. The boutonnieres would be a purple flower.
I can think of lots of reception decoration ideas for the earthy tones whilst purple would lend itself to sparkle. After obtaining the samples yesterday I was putting them up against bridal dress fabrics and flowers. Everything I put up against the purple seemed really brash whilst the green complimented everything. I also feel that olive green is more suitable for the manor house setting. With the purple I might be more inclined to go with sticking to purple for things like hair accessories and decorations whereas with the green, I feel I could branch out a bit.
Still...I think purple suits a summer wedding more than the olive green spring or sometimes autumnal colour matching that I have in mind. Do people really stick to the "right" seasonal colours? Green might also be a miss against my bridesmaids skintones.
This is the shiny satin side...a possibility my bridesmaids might well loathe:
This is the reverse of the fabric. It can be used either way.
You see, with the green, I have visions of ivory flowers with dark purple/aubergine accents for the bridesmaids and olivey green with ivory and dark purple/aubergine accents for me. Whilst I am aware olive green goes beautifully with gold, I would prefer silver. I'm unsure as to what the consensus is for pairing olive green and silver. I've put the reverse side up against my silver shoes and it doesn't look bad in my opinion. Make-up would be neutral earthy tones.
The men would wear black suits with matching olive green cravats in the same fabric as the dresses with ivory waistcoats. The boutonnieres would be an ivory flower. I think my Dad would prefer the green.
For the purple, my vision is silver accessories with flowers in a range of purples and ivory, whilst I would carry the same with some green accents. Make-up, unknown.
The men would wear grey suits with matching purple cravats in the same fabric as the dresses and an ivory waistcoat. The boutonnieres would be a purple flower.
I can think of lots of reception decoration ideas for the earthy tones whilst purple would lend itself to sparkle. After obtaining the samples yesterday I was putting them up against bridal dress fabrics and flowers. Everything I put up against the purple seemed really brash whilst the green complimented everything. I also feel that olive green is more suitable for the manor house setting. With the purple I might be more inclined to go with sticking to purple for things like hair accessories and decorations whereas with the green, I feel I could branch out a bit.
Still...I think purple suits a summer wedding more than the olive green spring or sometimes autumnal colour matching that I have in mind. Do people really stick to the "right" seasonal colours? Green might also be a miss against my bridesmaids skintones.
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